Katie Ledecky net worth 2024: How rich is the 7x Olympic gold medalist?

Katie Ledecky is widely considered one of the current best female swimmers in the world. She has won an impressive 7 Olympic gold medals and 21 World Championship gold medals, the most for a female swimmer in the world. Ledecky currently holds 2 world records; the 800m and 1500m freestyle events.

Ledecky made her first Olympic appearance at just 15, qualifying for the London Olympics, where she took an impressive gold in the 800m freestyle. At the Rio Olympics, she asserted her dominance, leaving the Games as the most decorated athlete with four gold medals, one silver medal, and 2 world records.

Ledecky went to the Olympics for a third time, as she made her way to the Tokyo Olympics, in hopes of defending all her titles as well as bettering her record of medals. However, her medal haul wasn’t as rich as Rio 2016. She managed to win 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals, a tally of 4. Now, the legendary swimmer will be back in action at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Katie Ledecky net worth

Katie Ledecky’s current net worth is an impressive $7 million. Her monthly income is expected to be around $0.1 million from her swimming career and earns money from other brand endorsements and partnerships as well.

Along with that the Government of USA awards prize money for each medal. Having won a staggering 7 gold medals, along with a number of silver medals, Ledecky has made a good chunk of money from the same. She reportedly earns around one million every year.

Katie Ledecky endorsements

Ledecky is sponsored by big brands such as Adidas as well as swimwear company TYR. Ledecky is a strong believer in endorsing only those brands she is satisfied with. Ledecky was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy Aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise alongside gymnast Simone Biles.

She signed a $7 million deal with TYR, but turned down a $5 million dollar endorsement because she wanted to attend Stanford University and compete for their swim team. The deal with TYR ensures that she will earn $7 million for the next couple of years at least. Besides this, Ledecky has deals with LaCroix, Ralph Lauren and Athleta as well.

A look at Katie Ledecky’s training and coach

Katie Ledecky goes to the pool around 10 times a week and does strength training at the gym 3 times a week. Sundays are strictly off for her. She goes to the pool twice on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and goes only once on Wednesday and Saturday.

Ledecky has been coached by Yuri Suguiyama, Bruce Gemmell, Greg Meehan and currently Anthony Nesty.

Katie Ledecky’s education and swimming clubs

Ledecky graduated from the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in 2015. At the end of her high school career, she held every school record in swimming except for the 100m breaststroke.

In 2012, she trained with the Nation’s Capital Swim Club under Yuri Suguiyama. She stayed there through the Rio Olympics and trained under coach Bruce Gemmell. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the prestigious Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal Women’s Swimming Team. She graduated from Stanford in 2021 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.

Know all about Katie Ledecky’s Family

Katie Ledecky was born on 17th March 1997. Her parents are David Ledecky and Mary Genevieve Ledecky. David is an attorney who attained an education at Harvard and Yale while her mother is a former associate administrator at Georgetown Hospital. Her mother was also a swimmer and represented the University of New Mexico.

Ledecky has one brother Michael, who inspired the start of her swimming career. Ledecky is of Irish descent and is Catholic.

All of Katie Ledecky’s Achievements

She has a total of 21 World Championship gold medals and 7 Olympic gold medals. Here is a list of Katie Ledecky’s Olympic gold medals.

2012 London Olympics	800m freestyle	Gold
2016 Rio Olympics	200m freestyle	Gold
2016 Rio Olympics	400m freestyle	Gold
2016 Rio Olympics	800m freestyle	Gold
2016 Rio Olympics	4x200m freestyle	Gold
2020 Tokyo Olympics	800m freestyle	Gold
2020 Tokyo Olympics	1500m freestyle	Gold

She also has 5 silver medals at the World Championships. Apart from this Katie has a total of 10 Pan Pacific Championships medals, of which 8 are gold, 1 is silver and 1 is bronze.

She has won the Swimming World Swimmer of the Year Award back to back from 2013 to 2018. She once again won it in 2021 and 2022. During her whole career, she has broken 16 world records. Ledecky is the current world record holder in the 800m and 1500m freestyle events.

800m freestyle	8:04.79s
1500m freestyle	15:20.48s

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